drwpreds
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You know, as a former (suffering) Thrasher fan, it is interesting when you think about it- the Predators are basically the exact opposite of the Thrashers. The Thrashers never had a problem scoring goals, but almost always were near the bottom of the league in goals and shots against.
Once upon a time we had one of the most exciting up and coming teams in the NHL with a young Kovalchuk and Heatley (and later Hossa and Kovalchuk), and still never put a team on the ice as successful as most any Predators year.
Thinking back, watching 11 years of horrible defensive hockey, I clearly remember saying many, many times after watching night after night, year after year, of no defense and no goaltending, that I would “LOVE TO HAVE A TEAM THAT COULD PLAY SOME DEFENSE- I don’t care how many goals we can scoreâ€.
But I have to say, watching 11 and 13 shots on goal for entire games may be even worse than a high scoring team with no defense.
If you could magically combine the Predators and Thrashers franchises, you might just get a Cup contender out of it.
I sometimes think us former Thrashers fans are cursed- 11 years of misery watching the Thrashers, with good offense and no defense, and now we pull for a team that has no offense and good defense. Can’t we get a little of both????????
Having said all of that, it really brings home the point of how much us Thrashers fans had to suffer. Just listen to the doom and gloom going on around the Predators right now- in reality, the Preds have been one of the MOST successful teams the past 8-10 years.
So for the long time Preds fans who are frustrated and pessimistic right now (and rightly so, don’t get me wrong), just imagine if during the past ELEVEN seasons, you had 1 playoff appearance, ZERO playoff wins, and TWO 40 win seasons. (Preds have 7 straight 40 win seasons going). I am still so bitter about that every time I think about it- no fan base deserves that kind of abuse.
Point is, things could be much, much, much worse for the Predators.
Once upon a time we had one of the most exciting up and coming teams in the NHL with a young Kovalchuk and Heatley (and later Hossa and Kovalchuk), and still never put a team on the ice as successful as most any Predators year.
Thinking back, watching 11 years of horrible defensive hockey, I clearly remember saying many, many times after watching night after night, year after year, of no defense and no goaltending, that I would “LOVE TO HAVE A TEAM THAT COULD PLAY SOME DEFENSE- I don’t care how many goals we can scoreâ€.
But I have to say, watching 11 and 13 shots on goal for entire games may be even worse than a high scoring team with no defense.
If you could magically combine the Predators and Thrashers franchises, you might just get a Cup contender out of it.
I sometimes think us former Thrashers fans are cursed- 11 years of misery watching the Thrashers, with good offense and no defense, and now we pull for a team that has no offense and good defense. Can’t we get a little of both????????
Having said all of that, it really brings home the point of how much us Thrashers fans had to suffer. Just listen to the doom and gloom going on around the Predators right now- in reality, the Preds have been one of the MOST successful teams the past 8-10 years.
So for the long time Preds fans who are frustrated and pessimistic right now (and rightly so, don’t get me wrong), just imagine if during the past ELEVEN seasons, you had 1 playoff appearance, ZERO playoff wins, and TWO 40 win seasons. (Preds have 7 straight 40 win seasons going). I am still so bitter about that every time I think about it- no fan base deserves that kind of abuse.
Point is, things could be much, much, much worse for the Predators.
